The Little Book of Gardening Tips is written by David Curnock and is a 96-page hardback book. It is aimed at the amateur gardener who, whilst interested in gardening, is often put off buying gardening books because of their size and often heavy content. This little book contains all the best seasonal gardening tips to help even the least green-fingered person! Packaged with beautiful photograph…
The origins and nature of architecture; The formative influence of architectural forms; The history of architecture in the light of mankind's spiritual evolution; A new architecture as a means of uniting with spiritual forces; Art and architecture as manifestations of spiritual realities; Metamorphosis in architecture; Aspects of a new architecture; Rudolf Steiner on the first Goetheanum buildi…
For nearly 150 years living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost and environmental grounds, it's time to move on from this approach. House in the Country presents a richly detailed narrative containing much s…
Wie können zeitgenössische temporäre Architekturen partizipativ gestaltet werden? Katrin Klitzke beantwortet diese Frage exemplarisch anhand einer Analyse des Theaterprojekts »Eichbaumoper« der Architektengruppe »raumlaborberlin«. Die »Eichbaumoper«, welche in Kooperation mit drei Theaterhäusern entstand, sollte durch die Einbeziehung kommunaler Jugendarbeit und eines öffentlich ange…
Può una città vivere di rendita? Cosa accade quando l'idea di poter vivere di rendita si diffonde come fosse una possibilità per tutti, anzi, quasi come se non ci fossero alternative? Quando i tipi di rendita, i meccanismi che la producono, le sue provenienze, i suoi intrecci sembrano moltiplicarsi, divenire sempre più dominanti rispetto ad altre forme di produzione di ricchezza e ad altre …
Il rapporto tra abitazione ed emozione, tra casa e stato d'animo, tra colui che abita e colui che progetta, è qui proposto in una chiave nuova, vivace e profonda, ma semplice: l'architettura e la psicologia, insieme, possono creare nuove soluzioni per "una casa del benessere" nella quale ogni persona si sente realizzata, tranquilla, protagonista e propositiva. Oltre la funzionalità, oltre la …
La città è da millenni la matrice del progresso dell'umanità, ma è anche luogo delle contraddizioni di uno sviluppo senza progresso. E oggi è chiamata ad essere il progetto di futuro per la specie umana in evoluzione dall'Homo sapiens all'Homo urbanus. Il libro affronta l'Antropocene, l'era, iniziata con la rivoluzione industriale, in cui gli esseri umani sono diventati una specie dominant…
" This book is a must read for all with an interest in the future of design." —Jim Spohrer, PhD, Retired Industry executive, International Society of Service Innovation Professionals " The world is in need of better design, and Kozma's book shows us how to get there." —Mark Guzdial, Director, Program in Computing for the Arts and Sciences, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Pro…
ARCHITECTURE THE GOLD STANDARD IN INTRODUCTORY ARCHITECTURE TEXTS, FULLY UPDATED TO REFLECT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD For more than forty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has served as the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. In this fifth edition, more recent additions to the architectural panoply illustrate h…
What does it take to save endangered historic properties? This practical guide builds on decades of historic preservation experience to provide readers with legal, financial, political, and technical tools and strategies to be more effective preservationists. Myrick Howard makes clear that large sums of money are not necessarily needed to save endangered historic properties, but knowledge and p…